Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 189 lb · Westchester, IL · Nazareth Academy
Julian Love: CB · Notre Dame · #27.
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Julian Love
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. This is his third year in the same secondary at Notre Dame. On tape: 12 tackles against USC, Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 16 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 58 | 44 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 1 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 57 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 3 |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 45 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 160 | 113 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 36 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs No. 14 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-16vs Ball State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-17vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-27@ Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-17vs No. 7 Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-23@ No. 24 Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-14vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-22@ Navy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ Northwestern | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-13vs Florida State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17@ USC | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
 Bowl | L 3-30@ No. 2 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 44 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 |
Week 6 · 2018
W 45-23
1 interception · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 22-point win on the road against Virginia Tech.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
28%16 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this season58 tackles · 1 for loss · 16 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 26-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
44.9%
419 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
58 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 160 tackles — drafted at #108 overall by the New York Giants.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Where he ended up · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 8th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 8th NFL season
